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The Pen Is Mightier Than The Sword: 28 Cartoonists Pay Tribute To The Victims Of The Charlie Hebdo Shooting
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The Pen Is Mightier Than The Sword: 28 Cartoonists Pay Tribute To The Victims Of The Charlie Hebdo Shooting

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In the wake of the horrific shooting at the offices of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, illustrators and cartoonists around the world come together in solidarity with the 12 artists and ordinary people who died in that event by doing what they do best – drawing cartoons that express their thoughts and emotions more eloquently than words ever could.

Their messages range from anger and defiance to grief and hope, but there is a common thread. It is clear that, in their eyes, the people at Charlie Hebdo have died as martyrs who championed the freedom of expression and of the press, which are some of the core elements of a free society.

(h/t: reuters)

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    1. He drew first

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    2. Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

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    3.

    Image credits: Il Giornaleo

    4. Unstoppable Charlie Hebdo

    Image credits: Joep Bertrams

    5.

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    Image credits: Ruben L. Oppenheimer

    6. We have avenged you

    Image credits: David Fitzsimmons

    7.

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    Image credits: Rob Tornoe

    8.

    Image credits: The Independent

    9. He drew first

    Image credits: Rafael Mantesso

    10. I am Charlie

    Image credits: Jamesuary

    11. Oh no, not them

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    EDITOR’S NOTE: Charlie Hebdo often satirized Christians as well (Image credits: Tommy Dessine)

    12.

    Image credits: Ann Telnaes

    13.

    Image credits: JM Nieto

    14. More Powerful

    Image credits: Mac Leod

    15.

    Image credits: Orgulloy Satisfaccion

    16. They died for the freedom of expression

    Image credits: Nono

    17. As if we needed more humorless editors

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    Image credits: Nate Beeler

    18. I am Charlie

    Image credits: Magnus Shaw

    19. Never!

    Image credits: Korneel Jeuken

    20.

    Image credits: Carlos Latuff

    21. What we do best…

    Image credits: Dwane Powell

    22.

    Image credits: Ayesha Mattu

    23. Without humor we are all dead

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    Image credits: New York Times

    24. I am Charlie

    Image credits: Jean Jullien

    25. Ducks (newspapers) will always fly higher than guns

    Image credits: Boulet

    26. The world has become so serious that humor is a risky profession

    Image credits: Bernardo Erlich

    27.

    Image credits: Zero

    28. What’s this little weapon?

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    Image credits: Satish Acharya

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    There is a beast with heart of cold stone that dashes like lightning, shreds flesh from bone. // Bewitched by this beast, I fell to my knees. My mouth babbled madness and mumbled soft pleas. // I stared down the ravenous, gnashing dark maw of a cute cuddly kitten with yarn in its paw

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    Dovas

    Dovas

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    There is a beast with heart of cold stone that dashes like lightning, shreds flesh from bone. // Bewitched by this beast, I fell to my knees. My mouth babbled madness and mumbled soft pleas. // I stared down the ravenous, gnashing dark maw of a cute cuddly kitten with yarn in its paw

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    JerryMicheal
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    9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thumbs up!!! An image is not enough to take someone's life :X http://bit.ly/1w2Rywk

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    ThomasNolan
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    9 years ago

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    They were professional artist who profited by insulting another religion.

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    SaâdSaâd
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    9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No verse In Coran Or A Story In Islam Talks About Or Pushes You To Kill Those Who offense You, Yet They Do It..A Terrorist Is Not A Muslim.

    JamesDuhachek
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    9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why do most of the Middle Eastern countries have blasphemy laws where you can be imprisoned or executed for speaking against a religion.

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    JerryMicheal
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    9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thumbs up!!! An image is not enough to take someone's life :X http://bit.ly/1w2Rywk

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    ThomasNolan
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    9 years ago

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    They were professional artist who profited by insulting another religion.

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    SaâdSaâd
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    9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No verse In Coran Or A Story In Islam Talks About Or Pushes You To Kill Those Who offense You, Yet They Do It..A Terrorist Is Not A Muslim.

    JamesDuhachek
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    9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why do most of the Middle Eastern countries have blasphemy laws where you can be imprisoned or executed for speaking against a religion.

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